This is an analysis of The New Decalogue by Ambrose Bierce.

Have but one God: thy knees were sore
If bent in prayer to three or four.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff ee gg dX hh
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
  • Metre: 11111101 01010111 01110011 01001101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110101 10110101 11110101 111100011 01000101 11110101 11010001 01010111 01010101 11110111 11111101 11010101 11010001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

thy

Anaphora

thy